Reinterpreting the fragrance industry, Pallavi Padukone uses textiles as aromatherapy to condense time and distance and create an immersive experience to reconnect with nature, nostalgia, her home, and identity. Reminiscent uses natural ways to integrate and infuse scents into textiles through perfumed pockets and embroidery and embellishment using scent coated cotton yarn and organza silk. At a time when wearing masks is the new normal, her textiles pay tribute to the sensorial experience of smell and its effect on mental and physical wellness.
Pallavi Padukone is a New York-based textile artist and designer with a Master in Fine Arts in Textiles from Parsons School of Design. Her Award-winning designs integrating fragrance and textiles showcase embroidery, weaving, embellishment, natural dyeing, and innovating with sustainable materials. Her design practice strongly believes in the philosophy of respecting craftsmanship and the hand-made.
Pallavi Padukone is a New York-based textile artist and designer from Bengaluru, India with a Master in Fine Arts in textiles from Parsons School of Design. She experiments with techniques of embroidery, weaving, print, embellishment, and natural dyeing, and innovating with sustainable materials. Her design practice strongly believes in the philosophy of respecting craftsmanship, artisanal, and the slow. Her collection Reminiscent was featured in the Times of India, Bengaluru, and was exhibited at Mana Contemporary in Jersey City as part of New York Textile Month held in September 2020. Pallavi was a two-time finalist, in 2019 and 2020, in the Dorothy Waxman International Textile Design Prize and received a special mention in 2020.